break the news vs let out

break the news

verb
  • To inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person. 

let out

verb
  • To disclose. 

  • Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home. 

  • To rent out. 

  • Of sound, to emit. 

  • To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls. 

  • To release. 

  • To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams. 

How often have the words break the news and let out occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )